'''1873--'''Wells County was created 4 January 1873 from Buffalo County (Old). '''County seat: '''Fessenden <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>

==== Boundary Changes ====

==== Boundary Changes ====

Line 12:

Line 16:

== Places/Localities ==

== Places/Localities ==

−

====Populated Places====

+

+

==== Populated Places ====

+

==== Neighboring Counties ====

==== Neighboring Counties ====

+

+

[[Benson County, North Dakota|Benson]] | [[Eddy County, North Dakota|Eddy]] | [[Foster County, North Dakota|Foster]] | [[Kidder County, North Dakota|Kidder]] | [[Pierce County, North Dakota|Pierce]] | [[Sheridan County, North Dakota|Sheridan]] | [[Stutsman County, North Dakota|Stutsman]]

== Resources ==

== Resources ==

==== Cemeteries ====

==== Cemeteries ====

+

+

Cemetery transcriptions for cemeteries in&nbsp;[http://odessa3.org/collections/cemeteries/nodak/link/wellsnd.txt Wells County], providing name, date of birth, and date of death where available

+

+

==== Census ====

+

+

*1880

+

*1885

+

*1890

+

*1900

+

*1910

+

*1915

+

*1920

+

*1925

+

*1930

==== Church ====

==== Church ====

Line 40:

Line 62:

== Societies and Libraries ==

== Societies and Libraries ==

+

+

==== Family History Centers<br> ====

+

+

*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]

== Web Sites ==

== Web Sites ==

*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.

*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.

−

*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=204983&subject_disp=North+Dakota%2C+Wells&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library Catalog]